04-06-2012, 06:21 PM
The examples you gave, Duchess, are pretty stupid reasons to get a detention-if it was the first offense for the occurrence.
For all we know-that may have been the 20th kid to interrupt the class by yelling Mahogany, or calling a teacher muggle.
Schools get questioned for every disciplinary move they make today-they really don't have the authority anymore to keep 30+ hellions per class under control.
Check this story from :http://www.wmur.com/news/30821934/detail.html
NORTHWOOD, N.H. -- Parents and Northwood School administrators argued over the punishment sixth-graders accused of vandalism were getting.
The assistant principal required sixth-graders to carry the entire contents of their lockers in their backpacks after discovering that lockers were vandalized.
Some students complained about the heavy load in their backpacks. Parents said, however, that they are not upset about the heavy backpacks but more on the ridicule the children were getting.
Parents said they feel that students who were not guilty of vandalism were subject to public ridicule within the school -- a kind that some argue rose to the level of bullying. School officials have not determined the culprit of the bullying yet.
"These kids were harassed and bullied by seventh- and eighth-graders when they were made to carry those backpacks. That's pretty unfair, and those teachers were standing right there when it was happening," said parent Janet Delfuoco.
Some parents said their kids came home and told them it was their sense the assistant principal didn't want them discussing what happened.
"He was told in an assembly sometime Friday or Thursday, 'Let's put all this behind us and not to talk about it. Let's not be Chatty Cathys.' My son took that as he couldn't come home and tell his parents," said parent Michael Norwood.
Assistant principal Lisa Labella said the backpack-carrying lasted longer than she intended because she needed time to investigate the vandalism.
"It was not a punishment, and it was not meant to be a punishment," Labella said.
Other parents backed up the administration and said what Labella did was appropriate.
Some school board members said they didn't have a problem with the book-carrying. They went on to discuss the incident at length in a non-public session, behind closed doors.
"Whether this was the right decision or wrong decision to handle it, we'll decide that," school board member Dave Ruth.
The school board said it will conduct d a larger public meeting on the issue in the near future.
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Would you, as a parent, question the schools' authority in this case?
For all we know-that may have been the 20th kid to interrupt the class by yelling Mahogany, or calling a teacher muggle.
Schools get questioned for every disciplinary move they make today-they really don't have the authority anymore to keep 30+ hellions per class under control.
Check this story from :http://www.wmur.com/news/30821934/detail.html
NORTHWOOD, N.H. -- Parents and Northwood School administrators argued over the punishment sixth-graders accused of vandalism were getting.
The assistant principal required sixth-graders to carry the entire contents of their lockers in their backpacks after discovering that lockers were vandalized.
Some students complained about the heavy load in their backpacks. Parents said, however, that they are not upset about the heavy backpacks but more on the ridicule the children were getting.
Parents said they feel that students who were not guilty of vandalism were subject to public ridicule within the school -- a kind that some argue rose to the level of bullying. School officials have not determined the culprit of the bullying yet.
"These kids were harassed and bullied by seventh- and eighth-graders when they were made to carry those backpacks. That's pretty unfair, and those teachers were standing right there when it was happening," said parent Janet Delfuoco.
Some parents said their kids came home and told them it was their sense the assistant principal didn't want them discussing what happened.
"He was told in an assembly sometime Friday or Thursday, 'Let's put all this behind us and not to talk about it. Let's not be Chatty Cathys.' My son took that as he couldn't come home and tell his parents," said parent Michael Norwood.
Assistant principal Lisa Labella said the backpack-carrying lasted longer than she intended because she needed time to investigate the vandalism.
"It was not a punishment, and it was not meant to be a punishment," Labella said.
Other parents backed up the administration and said what Labella did was appropriate.
Some school board members said they didn't have a problem with the book-carrying. They went on to discuss the incident at length in a non-public session, behind closed doors.
"Whether this was the right decision or wrong decision to handle it, we'll decide that," school board member Dave Ruth.
The school board said it will conduct d a larger public meeting on the issue in the near future.
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Would you, as a parent, question the schools' authority in this case?